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adjective
- 1. sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane: "blasphemous and heretical talk"
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: impiously irreverent : profane. a blasphemous writer. a blasphemous epithet. The claims were blasphemous. blasphemously adverb. blasphemousness noun. Synonyms. impious. irreverent. profane. sacrilegious. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of blasphemous in a Sentence.
(of speech or writing) showing lack of respect to God or to a religion: Some people believe such art is blasphemous. blasphemy. noun [ U ] us / ˈblæs·fə·mi / His writing has been condemned for blasphemy. (Definition of blasphemous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Blasphemous is an adjective that describes profane words and actions, especially when they are connected to something religious. Blasphemous comes from a Greek word that means “evil-speaking,” but actions as well as words can be blasphemous.
Blasphemy, in a religious sense, refers to great disrespect shown to God or to something holy, or to something said or done that shows this kind of disrespect; heresy refers a belief or opinion that does not agree with the official belief or opinion of a particular religion.
Blasphemous definition: uttering, containing, or exhibiting blasphemy; irreverent; profane.. See examples of BLASPHEMOUS used in a sentence.
adjective. expressing or involving impiousness or gross irreverence towards God, a divine being, or something sacred. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. blasphemously (ˈblasphemously) adverb. Word origin.
blasphemous - grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"
adjective. Committing or tending to commit blasphemy. American Heritage. Characterized by blasphemy; irreverent or profane. Webster's New World. Constituting blasphemy. American Heritage. Lacking piety or respect for the sacred. Resembling blasphemy. His taking the name of God in vain was considered blasphemous. Wiktionary. Synonyms: sacrilegious.
Definition of blasphemous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the adjective blasphemous mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective blasphemous, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use.
